In a Britain not too far in the future, the newly-elected Prime Minister decides to pull the country out of what has become the United States of Europe. But the all-powerful President of the Union says no. When Britain decides to ignore this veto, and the President reacts, events spiral out of the control of both men – in very different ways. A military solution and a military response, together with mass resistance, sends the whole of Europe teetering towards nuclear war....